Lee vs Silva

Who won Lee vs Silva?

Natalia Silva beat Andrea Lee by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 292, on Saturday 19th August 2023 at TD Garden in Boston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Natalia Silva.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Lee vs Silva stats

Andrea Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Natalia Silva made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Andrea Lee's UFC record stood at 5-7-0, while Natalia Silva's came in at 5-0-0.

The stats suggested Silva had a slight advantage in power over Lee, with a 33% knock out percentage over Lee's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Silva had a slight advantage over Lee, with a 47% submission rate over Lee's 38%.

Andrea Lee was the older woman by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 2 inches over Silva.

Lee's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Silva's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2014, 7 months earlier than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2015. She had fought 14 more professional rounds, 59 to Silva's 45.

Lee vs Silva form

Lee had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had lost to Maycee Barber at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had won against Cynthia Calvillo at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had beaten Antonina Shevchenko at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

She had been defeated by Roxanne Modafferi at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Silva's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 10 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lee vs Silva?

Andrea Lee was a 5/2 (+250) underdog going into the contest, while Natalia Silva made her way into the ring at 31/100 (-320) with oddsmakers.